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Cyclist argues car-free living can win over petrol-car voters
Original: I don't care about cars. I bought my first one at age 31, and I drove my last one to the scrap yard 15 years later when
A Swedish archaeologist writing online says he bought his first car at 31, gave it up at 46 once his children were grown, and now cycles and uses buses and trains. He argues that reaching small-town men attached to petrol cars is key to shifting their political allegiances, framing transport habits as a matter of political strategy rather than personal preference.
Why now: Transport habits and their link to right-wing voting among small-town men are being debated.
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- I don't care about cars. I bought my first one at age 31, and I drove my last one to the scrap yard 15 years later when the kids were grown. I cycle and ride buses and trains. But I believe the only way we can get the small-town male petrol-car huggers back from voting for… · mrundkvist@archaeo.social · 14
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